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Over 2,200 people died in B.C. in 2021 due to illicit-drug overdoses, coroner reports

The death toll in B.C. due to suspected illicit-drug overdoses is still on the rise, according to new numbers from the B.C. Coroners Service released Wednesday. The report shows 2,224…

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Over 2,200 people died in B.C. in 2021 due to illicit-drug overdoses, coroner reports

Alberta premier offers new version of why she contacted Pawlowski before criminal trial

Len Goodman, judge on Dancing With the Stars, Strictly Come Dancing, dead at 78